F1 2021 Round 15:Russian Grand Prix 2021

George Russell has started the rush.

And there we go. Hamilton slaps the wall in the pit lane.

Lando norris with a brilliant lap to go P1.

McLaren, Ferrari, Williams.

1, 2, 3.

Remind me what decade we're in

Mclaren P1 and P5 after a double podium at the last race. It’s great to see McLaren back to winning ways and being back to winning ways.

Good grid for tomorrow! Hamilton crashed into the pit wall and sounded flustered on the radio, is the pressure getting to him?

Wow wow wow! I'm starting to be a Russell fanboy. He should be in the Mercedes this year, what a qualifying performance again!

Don't forget nearly running over the jack man because yet again he forgot to turn off the magic

Love a good session like that. Had that been dry, it was a Merc 1-2 for sure, a bit of rain, lovely.

I do love how things have been mixed up this season, as the season has rolled on Hamilton seems to be getting more and more flustered. Looking forward to tomorrows race which I don't normally say about Sochi. Expecting Max to absolutely charge through the field

i hope he saved up one more mistake for tommorrow.

he made 3 mistakes this weekend already. hitting the pit crew, hitting the pit wall and spinning on the last qualli lap and rolling into the wall

He was obviously honing in his aim for the race tomorrow, the wall was Verstappen - also they managed to practice the wing change and screwing up Bottas too.

Toto will have been delighted.

What a setup for tomorrow's race. I was thinking a sure it will just be Bottas or Hamilton on pole again put no Hamilton seems to be having a crappy weekend and Bottas I do not know where he was at. I really did not see what was coming do but delighted for both Carlos Seinz, Lando Norris on pole and even George Russell in 3rd wow.

Russell will probably be another yes man next season and probably as long as Hamilton is there. I'd agree with a Hamilton win and Norris getting a podium while Sainz and Russell down the field. Might be a bit of an ask for Verstappen to get a podium tomorrow but I'm sure he'll be in "send it" mode and give it a good shot

Hmm, roadblock for Verstappen?

Could be quite obvious, but how do they work out who starts at the back with a few taking penalties?

Bottas just took a new engine in the last race. No way he'd be taking one here if Max wasn't starting P20. He can't be happy about it either.

McLaren are in a good position if they can survive the first corner -- a couple of slower cars between Norris and Hamilton, and Riccciardo right behind Hamilton to prevent the undercut.

3rd is bizarrely considered the best place to start here given the slipstream into turn 1, but Russell always seems to have poor starts so not sure I see him gaining places.

"tactical" engine swap for Bottas, we're Merc expecting Verstappen to catch Hamilton and use Bottas as a roadblock of sorts

Ahh, I totally forgot about the race penalty for Max. It all makes sense now - except for the actual en gine change for Bottas - will be interesting to hear what has happened to it.